Comments on: Microsoft at CES 2010 – what’s happened to Steve Ballmer? http://www.reputationmanagementfor.com/blog/2010/01/08/microsoft-at-ces-2010-whats-happened-to-steve-ballmer/ Brand Management for the Online World Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sholto http://www.reputationmanagementfor.com/blog/2010/01/08/microsoft-at-ces-2010-whats-happened-to-steve-ballmer/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Sholto Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:33:51 +0000 http://www.reputationmanagementfor.com/blog/?p=684#comment-198 Google does use developers/product managers to demonstrate their new products (aka betas) and I suspect you are right that it has greater impact on the community than one of the baldies. Google does use developers/product managers to demonstrate their new products (aka betas) and I suspect you are right that it has greater impact on the community than one of the baldies.

]]> By: Sholto http://www.reputationmanagementfor.com/blog/2010/01/08/microsoft-at-ces-2010-whats-happened-to-steve-ballmer/comment-page-1/#comment-2021 Sholto Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:33:00 +0000 http://www.reputationmanagementfor.com/blog/?p=684#comment-2021 Google does use developers/product managers to demonstrate their new products (aka betas) and I suspect you are right that it has greater impact on the community than one of the baldies. Google does use developers/product managers to demonstrate their new products (aka betas) and I suspect you are right that it has greater impact on the community than one of the baldies.

]]> By: sludge http://www.reputationmanagementfor.com/blog/2010/01/08/microsoft-at-ces-2010-whats-happened-to-steve-ballmer/comment-page-1/#comment-196 sludge Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:19:56 +0000 http://www.reputationmanagementfor.com/blog/?p=684#comment-196 Personally, I'm getting sick of seeing the CEO's like Ballmer and Jobs doing the product presentations (albeit Jobs does it way better) at big shows. The paradigm needs to shift away from putting such importance on the company "big wig" (or "big baldy" in Ballmer's case) showing off the goods. How about some of the underlings/developers who have some stage presence and or conviction doing the presentation? How about getting real actual users talking about how product X has helped them do their job etc.? Then at least some of the comments might be believeable....instead of PR spin. On the brighter side, as long as Ballmer's big ego makes him think he has to be the one with his big paws all over the tiny slate pc- Microsoft will keep shooting itself in the foot. And in the end, that is good for the open-source community and projects/initiatives like those of Google. I don't see Google marching out the "big wig" to introduce products. It usually is a team effort and results in both a better presentation, less ego and testesterone (remember Ballmer's sweaty developers, developers...ad naseum presentation), and shows that the company is not a one person operation or cult of personality. Personally, I’m getting sick of seeing the CEO’s like Ballmer and Jobs doing the product presentations (albeit Jobs does it way better) at big shows.

The paradigm needs to shift away from putting such importance on the company “big wig” (or “big baldy” in Ballmer’s case) showing off the goods. How about some of the underlings/developers who have some stage presence and or conviction doing the presentation? How about getting real actual users talking about how product X has helped them do their job etc.? Then at least some of the comments might be believeable….instead of PR spin.

On the brighter side, as long as Ballmer’s big ego makes him think he has to be the one with his big paws all over the tiny slate pc- Microsoft will keep shooting itself in the foot. And in the end, that is good for the open-source community and projects/initiatives like those of Google. I don’t see Google marching out the “big wig” to introduce products. It usually is a team effort and results in both a better presentation, less ego and testesterone (remember Ballmer’s sweaty developers, developers…ad naseum presentation), and shows that the company is not a one person operation or cult of personality.

]]> By: sludge http://www.reputationmanagementfor.com/blog/2010/01/08/microsoft-at-ces-2010-whats-happened-to-steve-ballmer/comment-page-1/#comment-2020 sludge Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:19:00 +0000 http://www.reputationmanagementfor.com/blog/?p=684#comment-2020 Personally, I'm getting sick of seeing the CEO's like Ballmer and Jobs doing the product presentations (albeit Jobs does it way better) at big shows. The paradigm needs to shift away from putting such importance on the company "big wig" (or "big baldy" in Ballmer's case) showing off the goods. How about some of the underlings/developers who have some stage presence and or conviction doing the presentation? How about getting real actual users talking about how product X has helped them do their job etc.? Then at least some of the comments might be believeable....instead of PR spin. On the brighter side, as long as Ballmer's big ego makes him think he has to be the one with his big paws all over the tiny slate pc- Microsoft will keep shooting itself in the foot. And in the end, that is good for the open-source community and projects/initiatives like those of Google. I don't see Google marching out the "big wig" to introduce products. It usually is a team effort and results in both a better presentation, less ego and testesterone (remember Ballmer's sweaty developers, developers...ad naseum presentation), and shows that the company is not a one person operation or cult of personality. Personally, I’m getting sick of seeing the CEO’s like Ballmer and Jobs doing the product presentations (albeit Jobs does it way better) at big shows.

The paradigm needs to shift away from putting such importance on the company “big wig” (or “big baldy” in Ballmer’s case) showing off the goods. How about some of the underlings/developers who have some stage presence and or conviction doing the presentation? How about getting real actual users talking about how product X has helped them do their job etc.? Then at least some of the comments might be believeable….instead of PR spin.

On the brighter side, as long as Ballmer’s big ego makes him think he has to be the one with his big paws all over the tiny slate pc- Microsoft will keep shooting itself in the foot. And in the end, that is good for the open-source community and projects/initiatives like those of Google. I don’t see Google marching out the “big wig” to introduce products. It usually is a team effort and results in both a better presentation, less ego and testesterone (remember Ballmer’s sweaty developers, developers…ad naseum presentation), and shows that the company is not a one person operation or cult of personality.

]]> By: sholto http://www.reputationmanagementfor.com/blog/2010/01/08/microsoft-at-ces-2010-whats-happened-to-steve-ballmer/comment-page-1/#comment-195 sholto Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:55:17 +0000 http://www.reputationmanagementfor.com/blog/?p=684#comment-195 Now Microsoft have attacked the Google Nexus One strategy saying that other mobile device manufacturers will not want to work with Google. WRONG. Google is offering manufacturers access to a powerful OS which has been denied them by Apple's iPhone strategy. Because the Android system is open, I think Microsoft are totally wrong and reading five different newspaper articles and their associated comments make clear that so does everybody else. Now Microsoft have attacked the Google Nexus One strategy saying that other mobile device manufacturers will not want to work with Google. WRONG.
Google is offering manufacturers access to a powerful OS which has been denied them by Apple’s iPhone strategy. Because the Android system is open, I think Microsoft are totally wrong and reading five different newspaper articles and their associated comments make clear that so does everybody else.

]]> By: sholto http://www.reputationmanagementfor.com/blog/2010/01/08/microsoft-at-ces-2010-whats-happened-to-steve-ballmer/comment-page-1/#comment-2019 sholto Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:55:00 +0000 http://www.reputationmanagementfor.com/blog/?p=684#comment-2019 Now Microsoft have attacked the Google Nexus One strategy saying that other mobile device manufacturers will not want to work with Google. WRONG. Google is offering manufacturers access to a powerful OS which has been denied them by Apple's iPhone strategy. Because the Android system is open, I think Microsoft are totally wrong and reading five different newspaper articles and their associated comments make clear that so does everybody else. Now Microsoft have attacked the Google Nexus One strategy saying that other mobile device manufacturers will not want to work with Google. WRONG.
Google is offering manufacturers access to a powerful OS which has been denied them by Apple’s iPhone strategy. Because the Android system is open, I think Microsoft are totally wrong and reading five different newspaper articles and their associated comments make clear that so does everybody else.

]]> By: you-so-called-journalists-go-F-yourselves http://www.reputationmanagementfor.com/blog/2010/01/08/microsoft-at-ces-2010-whats-happened-to-steve-ballmer/comment-page-1/#comment-193 you-so-called-journalists-go-F-yourselves Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:12:21 +0000 http://www.reputationmanagementfor.com/blog/?p=684#comment-193 There's nothing wrong with Steve Ballmer. What's "wrong" is entirely with Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt, and their perverse relationship where they are simultaneously trying to kill each other, while conspiring together to screw Microsoft (still their "Prime Directive"). It's amazing how nobody's asking why Google can clone the iPhone as part of their next major corporate roadmap, without so much as a word from Apple (or for that matter, Michael-backstabber-DELL and all the other "Android partners"). To those who know what's happening behind closed doors: you're going to be outed Steve & Eric, Happy New Year! There’s nothing wrong with Steve Ballmer. What’s “wrong” is entirely with Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt, and their perverse relationship where they are simultaneously trying to kill each other, while conspiring together to screw Microsoft (still their “Prime Directive”). It’s amazing how nobody’s asking why Google can clone the iPhone as part of their next major corporate roadmap, without so much as a word from Apple (or for that matter, Michael-backstabber-DELL and all the other “Android partners”). To those who know what’s happening behind closed doors: you’re going to be outed Steve & Eric, Happy New Year!

]]> By: you-so-called-journalists-go-F http://www.reputationmanagementfor.com/blog/2010/01/08/microsoft-at-ces-2010-whats-happened-to-steve-ballmer/comment-page-1/#comment-2017 you-so-called-journalists-go-F Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:12:00 +0000 http://www.reputationmanagementfor.com/blog/?p=684#comment-2017 There's nothing wrong with Steve Ballmer. What's "wrong" is entirely with Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt, and their perverse relationship where they are simultaneously trying to kill each other, while conspiring together to screw Microsoft (still their "Prime Directive"). It's amazing how nobody's asking why Google can clone the iPhone as part of their next major corporate roadmap, without so much as a word from Apple (or for that matter, Michael-backstabber-DELL and all the other "Android partners"). To those who know what's happening behind closed doors: you're going to be outed Steve & Eric, Happy New Year! There’s nothing wrong with Steve Ballmer. What’s “wrong” is entirely with Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt, and their perverse relationship where they are simultaneously trying to kill each other, while conspiring together to screw Microsoft (still their “Prime Directive”). It’s amazing how nobody’s asking why Google can clone the iPhone as part of their next major corporate roadmap, without so much as a word from Apple (or for that matter, Michael-backstabber-DELL and all the other “Android partners”). To those who know what’s happening behind closed doors: you’re going to be outed Steve & Eric, Happy New Year!

]]> By: you-so-called-journalists-go-F http://www.reputationmanagementfor.com/blog/2010/01/08/microsoft-at-ces-2010-whats-happened-to-steve-ballmer/comment-page-1/#comment-2018 you-so-called-journalists-go-F Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:12:00 +0000 http://www.reputationmanagementfor.com/blog/?p=684#comment-2018 There's nothing wrong with Steve Ballmer. What's "wrong" is entirely with Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt, and their perverse relationship where they are simultaneously trying to kill each other, while conspiring together to screw Microsoft (still their "Prime Directive"). It's amazing how nobody's asking why Google can clone the iPhone as part of their next major corporate roadmap, without so much as a word from Apple (or for that matter, Michael-backstabber-DELL and all the other "Android partners"). To those who know what's happening behind closed doors: you're going to be outed Steve & Eric, Happy New Year! There’s nothing wrong with Steve Ballmer. What’s “wrong” is entirely with Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt, and their perverse relationship where they are simultaneously trying to kill each other, while conspiring together to screw Microsoft (still their “Prime Directive”). It’s amazing how nobody’s asking why Google can clone the iPhone as part of their next major corporate roadmap, without so much as a word from Apple (or for that matter, Michael-backstabber-DELL and all the other “Android partners”). To those who know what’s happening behind closed doors: you’re going to be outed Steve & Eric, Happy New Year!

]]> By: zelrik http://www.reputationmanagementfor.com/blog/2010/01/08/microsoft-at-ces-2010-whats-happened-to-steve-ballmer/comment-page-1/#comment-192 zelrik Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:27:05 +0000 http://www.reputationmanagementfor.com/blog/?p=684#comment-192 I dont think Ubuntu is failing, it's selling well on netbooks still. They are growing slowly because Canonical is a small company with no deep pockets that's all. More on the topic of the article, I think the whole IT industry is more and more against M$. Intel, Qualcomm, Nokia, Freescale, HTC, Dell, IBM, ASUS, Acer, LG, Levono, Google, Adobe... They all either offer or consider alternatives to MS products (in either the desktop or mobile market) and we all know who wins when it's 1 vs the rest of the world. That why M$ is changing its practices, they dont try to crush companies anymore, they are looking for partners. I dont think Ubuntu is failing, it’s selling well on netbooks still. They are growing slowly because Canonical is a small company with no deep pockets that’s all.

More on the topic of the article, I think the whole IT industry is more and more against M$. Intel, Qualcomm, Nokia, Freescale, HTC, Dell, IBM, ASUS, Acer, LG, Levono, Google, Adobe… They all either offer or consider alternatives to MS products (in either the desktop or mobile market) and we all know who wins when it’s 1 vs the rest of the world. That why M$ is changing its practices, they dont try to crush companies anymore, they are looking for partners.

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